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Whitby (estimated 2005 population 116 000) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada.

Whitby is the site of the Skills Training Centre of Durham College.

Whitby is the seat of government in Durham Region. It is commonly considered part of the Greater Toronto Area, although for census purposes it belongs to the greater Oshawa Metropolitan Area. They are both in the eastern part of the Golden Horseshoe region.

Many residents commute to work in other Greater Toronto Area communities, and General Motors Canada in Oshawa is a major employer for all of Durham Region. Whitby is itself home to a steel mill operated by Gerdau Ameristeel, a retail support centre operated by Sobeys, a major Liquor Control Board of Ontario warehouse and the Canadian headquarters of BMW. Other companies present in Whitby include pharmaceutical manufacturer Patheon, Johnson Controls, Lear Corporation, Automodular Assemblies, McGraw-Hill Ryerson and several others.

Whitby is also home to the Iroquois Sports Complex, one of the largest minor sports centres in North America. The facility includes six ice pads, olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis courts, five ball diamonds, a skatepark, a soccer pitch and the Whitby Sports Hall of Fame. Whitby also developed the McKinney Sports complex which boasts three ice pads, and Luther Vipond Arena in Brooklin, with one ice pad.

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